Car (How It Works)

From Karl Benz's first gasoline-powered car in 1885 to today's family sedan, cars of the future, and exotic Formula 1 racers, kids learn how the internal combustion engine works, and how transmissions and drive trains propel cars of all types. The profusely illustrated How It Works Books present brief histories of engineering development. Detail drawings show mechanical parts and cut-away illustrations show how the parts are assembled and work together. This book's lift-the-flap illustrations reveal successive layers of detail in automobile construction.

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Want to know how a car's engine works? Or what makes the car's wheels turn around? Or how the brakes, the suspension, and the steering work?

If you're looking for answers to these questions, this book is definitely for you! Most pages feature several flaps that you can lift to explore the insides of different cars. In some illustrations you'll find flaps beneath flaps, so you can really delve deeply into a car's inner workings. Easy-to-read text and kid-friendly, colorful illustrations make this book a perfect guide to help you understand how cars work.

TITLES IN THIS EXCITING SERIES
How it Works: Car
How it Works: Plane